NLSIU hosted a guest lecture by Mr. Eashan Ghosh, In-Charge IPR Chair at the National Law University Delhi, titled “Encroachments or Convergences? A Complicated Introduction to Design Subject Matter under Indian Law.” The lecture took place on March 18, 2026, at Krishnappa Hall, OAB.

Organised primarily for the second-year BA LLB (Hons.) students, the session was open to all faculty members, research scholars, and students at the University.

Abstract

The first set of substantive amendments to India’s Designs Act in over a quarter century are on their way. It has arguably never been a better time to get our heads around some foundational ideas on what designs law is and can be. In this lecture, Mr. Eashan Ghosh navigated the complex and controversial history of design subject matter in India. The lecture covered how lawmakers, judges, and practitioners have erred on both sides of the line in making this subject matter far harder to understand than it needs to be. It examined how the intrusions of copyright and trademark law have clouded our understanding of designs and clears out some conceptual space for how designs under Indian law might come to be understood in the future.

About the Speaker

Mr. Eashan Ghosh is an advocate specialising in intellectual property law, in private practice since 2011. He is In-Charge IPR Chair at National Law University (NLU) Delhi, where he also serves as the Programme Director of the WIPO Joint Masters in Intellectual Property Law & Management. Eashan, a graduate of the NLSIU (BA LLB (Hons), 2010) is the author of three book titles, the most recent of them being Imperfect Recollections: The Indian Supreme Court on Trade Mark Law (2024).

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